bedsore

English

Etymology

bed +‎ sore

Noun

bedsore (plural bedsores)

1. (usually in the plural) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.

Synonyms

• (lesion caused by pressure): pressure ulcer, decubitus

Translations

Lesion caused by pressure

• Catalan: úlcera per pressió f
• Chinese: 褥瘡／褥疮 (zh) (rǔchuāng), 褥疮 (zh) (rùchuāng)
• Czech: proleženina (cs) f
• Finnish: makuuhaava (fi)
• French: escarre (fr) f
• German: Dekubitus (de) m, Druckgeschwür n
• Hebrew: פצע לחץ m (pétza-lákhatz)
• Hungarian: felfekvés (hu)
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• Irish: anacair leapa f
• Latvian: izgulējums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: liggesår (no) n, trykksår n, decubitus m

• Portuguese: escara f
• Spanish: escara (es) f, úlcera por presión f
• Swedish: liggsår n, trycksår n
• Welsh: dolur gwely m, briw gorwedd m

Anagrams

• Bedores, Deboers, derobes, rosebed, sobered